2012 United States presidential election in Nevada

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada Nevada presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in Nevada 2008 2016 United States presidential election in Nevada 2016 November 6, 2012 x200px President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 6 531,373 52.36% Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 0 463,567 45.68% 275px County results 275px Congressional district results Obama #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% Romney #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. State voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Nevada was won by President Barack Obama with 52.36% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 45.68%, a 6.68% margin of victory.https://www.nvsos.gov/silverstate2012gen/ US Presidential Race nvsos.gov 6 March 2023 In 2008, Obama won the state by 12.50%. Romney improved over John McCain's performance in 2008, but Obama still won the state by a comfortable margin. As of 2024, Obama remains the last major party candidate to win the state by more than 5%. Nevada has voted for the winner in every presidential election from 1912 onwards, except in 1976 when it voted for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter and in 2016 when it voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Carson City, which voted for Obama in 2008, flipped to supporting the Republican Party this election cycle. Despite only winning two counties (Clark and Washoe), these counties consist of over 87% of Nevada's population and are home to Las Vegas and Reno, the largest and third largest cities in the state, thus allowing Obama to win by a comfortable margin.Census.gov https://www.census.gov/en.html 2020-09-02 Census.gov EN-US Caucuses Democratic caucuses Incumbent president Barack Obama was not challenged for the Democratic candidacy, so no Democratic caucuses were held. Republican caucuses Republican Party presidential primaries 2012 Nevada Republican caucuses Nevada presidential no 2008 Nevada Republican caucuses 2008 2012 02 04 2016 Nevada Republican caucuses 2016 FL CO Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Massachusetts 20 16,486 50.02% 2012 Nevada Republican Primaries Counties.svg 220px Romney: #ffd9c1 20–30% #ffcca9 30–40% #ffc299 40–50% #feb685 50–60% #fe9d5c 60–70% #fe8534 80–90% Gingrich: #efdbeb 30–40% Paul: #ffeeaa 30–40% #ffe270 40–50% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich Georgia 0 6,956 21.10% Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 crop.jpg Ron Paul Texas 8 6,175 18.73% Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 0 3,277 9.94% ff6600 800080 ffcc00 008000 x125px The Republican caucuses were held on February 4,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/22/nevada-caucus-date-nevada_n_1026501.html Nevada Caucus Date: Nevada Moves Date To Feb. 4 Huffington Post 2011-11-04 2011-10-22 Peoples Steve and they are closed caucuses.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/NV-R Nevada Republican Delegation 2012 The Green Papers Mitt Romney was declared the winner.http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-wins-nevada-caucuses-20120204,0,7266492.story Los Angeles Times Mark Z. Barabak Mitt Romney cruises to victory in Nevada caucuses February 4, 2012 There are 400,310 registered Republicans voting for 28 delegates.http://www.nvsos.gov/index.aspx?page=1062 Voter Registration Statistics: Active Voters by County and Party Nevada Secretary of State January 2012 February 2, 2012Active Voters by Party and Age Date The 2012 Nevada Republican caucuses were originally scheduled to begin on February 18, 2012,http://www.nevadagop.org/nevada-to-hold-presidential-caucus-on-february-18-2012/ Nevada to Hold Presidential Caucus on February 18, 2012 Nevada Republican Party 2010-12-16 2011-11-04 Adair Cory much later than the date in 2008, which almost immediately followed the beginning of the year in January 2008.http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/NV.html Nevada Primary Results The New York Times 2011-11-04 On September 29, 2011, the entire schedule of caucuses and primaries was disrupted, however, when it was announced that the Republican Party of Florida had decided to move up its primary to January 31, in an attempt to bring attention to its own primary contest, and attract the presidential candidates to visit the state.http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/florida-moves-its-primary/ Florida Moves its Primary Outside the Beltway 2011-11-03 2011-09-29 Taylor Steven Because of the move, the Republican National Committee decided to strip Florida of half of its delegates.http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/10/25/gop-chairman-florida-will-be-penalized-and-the-2012-race-is-now-set/ GOP chairman: Florida will be penalized, and 2012 race is now set Des Moines Register 2011-11-03 2011-10-25 Jacobs Jennifer Also as a result, the Nevada Republican Party, along with Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, then sought to move their caucuses back into early January. All but Nevada, who agreed to follow Florida,http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/24/1029570/-Nevada-Republicans-cave,-move-caucuses-to-Feb-4 Nevada Republicans cave, move caucuses to Feb. 4 Daily Kos 2011-11-03 2011-10-24 Nir David confirmed their caucus and primary dates to take place throughout January, with Nevada deciding to hold their contest on February 4, 2012.https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2011-10-22/Nevada-Caucus-GOP/50869978/1 Nevada moves caucus to Feb. 4 after backlash USA Today 2011-11-04 2011-10-22 Associated Press The caucuses for 1,835 precincts in 125 sites were scheduled: voting from 9 AM - 1 PM, ballots handling 9-10 AM and to conclude by 3 PM at the latest on February 4, with results for almost all counties to be announced by the party at 5 PM. Clark County For Clark County, a special caucus was held at the Adelson Educational Campus at 7 PM, intended to accommodate those who observe Saturday Sabbath.Molly Ball (27 January 2012), "In Nevada, Sheldon Adelson Gets His Very Own Caucus" The Atlantic. According to Philip Kantor, an Orthodox Jew, the goal of the after-work caucus was to prevent electoral fraud "It has everything to do with not being deprived of a vote, being disenfranchised".Las Vegas Review Journal Adelson distances himself from GOP special caucus decision This late caucus allowed a timely vote for Seventh-day Adventists, Orthodox Jews and other who don't vote until Sabbath is over.Steinhauser Paul Will Nevada Give Romney A Second Straight Victory? http://www.wesh.com/r/30376598/detail.html February 8, 2012 CNN wesh.com February 4, 2012 Adelson campus caucus attendees were required to sign affidavits stating that they had not already cast their ballot in an earlier caucus, that day. There was only one nationwide televised (by CNN) public vote-count.Byers Dylan 10 February 2012 On television, CNN wins the election https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/02/on-television-cnn-wins-the-election-114137 4 June 2024 Politico That Adelson caucus count provided the following Candidate vote results: Ron Paul 183, Mitt Romney 61, Newt Gingrich 57, and Rick Santorum 16 votes.2012-02-05 Troubles abound at special Las Vegas caucus https://www.newstribune.com/news/2012/feb/05/troubles-abound-special-las-vegas-caucus/ 2024-06-04 Jefferson City News-Tribune en The results of this special caucus were announced Feb 4.2012-02-06 Nevada's Night 'Jewish Caucus' Won by Paul https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/150861/nevadas-night-jewish-caucus-won-by-paul/ 2024-06-04 The Forward en Paul got second place in Clark County, but Gingrich was ahead of Paul by a larger margin in the rest of the state and therefore ended up beating Paul statewide for second place.4 February 2012 Another Win: Romney Adds Nevada To His Victories https://www.npr.org/2012/02/04/146409123/romney-gingrich-nevada-caucuses-gop 4 June 2024 NPR Polling Statewide opinion polling for the February 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries#Nevada (February 4) Results Turnout was 8.23%. 1,800 of 1,800 precincts (100%) reporting.http://www.nevadagop.org/nvgop-caucus-results-certified/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120206214156/http://www.nevadagop.org/nvgop-caucus-results-certified/ dead February 6, 2012 NVGOP Caucus Results Certified Nevada Republican Party February 22, 2012 The voting-eligible population (400,310 registered Nevada Republicans). 125 caucus sites. Delegates were awarded to candidates who got 3.57% or more of the vote proportionally Nevada Republican caucuses, February 4, 2012https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results/2012/gop-primary/nv AP Results via Google February 6, 2012 Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count Actual Delegates http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2012/05/06/ron-paul-wins-maine/ Ron Paul Wins Maine Jamie Dupree Washington Insider AJC May 6, 2012 May 7, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120508125240/http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2012/05/06/ron-paul-wins-maine/ May 8, 2012http://www.pressherald.com/news/Delegate-fight-Snowe-LePage-today-at-convention.html Delegate fight Snowe LePage today at convention May 7, 2012 Portland Press Herald May 8, 2012 May 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120508033529/http://www.pressherald.com/news/Delegate-fight-Snowe-LePage-today-at-convention.html deadAPhttps://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/primaries/nevada Nevada Caucus Results USA Today February 4, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120613154839/https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/primaries/nevada June 13, 2012CNNhttp://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/nv https://archive.today/20121208191839/http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/nv dead December 8, 2012 Republican Caucuses February 4, 2012 CNNMSNBChttp://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/nevada/republican/caucus/#.TweqnDVWovs MSNBC Republican Caucuses MSNBC February 4, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120115205809/http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/nevada/republican/caucus/#.TweqnDVWovs January 15, 2012Mitt Romney 16,486 50.02% 14 14 14 20Newt Gingrich 6,956 21.10% 6 6 6 0Ron Paul 6,175 18.73% 5 5 5 8Rick Santorum 3,277 9.94% 3 3 3 0No Vote 67 0.20% 0 0 0 0Unprojected delegates:0000Total:32,961100%28282828 This final result was announced by Twitter and the Nevada Republican Party on Monday February 6, at 01:01 am PST (local time).NVVoteCount 166446518109356032 @NVVoteCount NV Caucus Results B 00 TOTAL 32963 IN 1800 OF 1800 GIN 6956 PAU 6175 ROM 16486 SAN 3277 NOV 69 (1/1) The actual Republican National Convention delegates from Nevada are mostly Ron Paul supporters (22 of 28), which were elected by state convention on May 6. The Nevada Republican Party's rules state that most elected delegates to the RNC are still bound to vote for Romney (in the first round of voting), because of Romney's statewide caucuses winning. Nevada State Convention Delegates May 6, 2012 Candidate Supporters for this candidate who are Delegates from NV to the RNC "Ron Paul supporters capture majority of Nevada's national delegates" Accessed May 8, 2012. Las Vegas Sun."Ron Paul's stealth state convention takeover" Accessed May 8, 2012. Washington Post."Ron Paul wins big in Maine and Nevada" Accessed May 8, 2012. Christian Science Monitor."Ron Paul's Maine, Nevada, and Iowa Victories (Despite Romney Dirty Tricks) Accessed May 8, 2012. reason.com""Libertarians Find Their Audience In 2012 Race" Accessed May 8, 2012. NPR."Ron Paul at Nevada State Convention 2012 " Accessed May 8, 2012. Video of NV convention speech.Ron Paul 22Mitt Romney 6Totals:28 Controversy Allegations of voter fraud have arisen due to a recount of Clark County ballots despite there being no official contest from any of the campaigns. One reason given by the GOP was that there were more ballots cast than people "signed in" at some precincts.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/long-lines-complaints-of-election-fraud-plague-special-las-vegas-caucus-for-religious-voters/2012/02/05/gIQALuokqQ_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop https://web.archive.org/web/20120209065349/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/long-lines-complaints-of-election-fraud-plague-special-las-vegas-caucus-for-religious-voters/2012/02/05/gIQALuokqQ_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop 9 February 2012 WLong lines, complaints of election fraud plague special Las Vegas caucus for religious voters The Washington Post 5 February 2012 5 February 2012 dead General election Candidate ballot access Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution Polling Throughout the race, Barack Obama tied or won every single pre-election poll except one. The final poll showed Obama leading 51% to 47%, while the average of the last 3 polls showed Obama leading Romney 50% to 47%. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/nv/nevada_romney_vs_obama-1908.html#polls dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110504085659/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/nv/nevada_romney_vs_obama-1908.html 2011-05-04 RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - Nevada: Romney vs. Obama Predictions SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostHuffington Post Election Dashboard HuffPost http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map https://archive.today/20130813173708/http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191502/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map 2013-08-13Lean DNovember 6, 2012CNNAmerica's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map CNN http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground dead https://archive.today/20130119130158/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator%23?battleground 2013-01-19TossupNovember 6, 2012 New York TimesElection 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/electoral-map.html https://archive.today/20120708093751/http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map July 8, 2012 Lean D November 6, 2012Washington Post2012 Presidential Election Results The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ limited live https://web.archive.org/web/20120726195644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ 2012-07-26TossupNovember 6, 2012RealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110608112207/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html 2011-06-08 RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White HouseTossupNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal Ballhttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ Projection: Obama will likely win second term Sabato Larry J. Kondik Kyle Skelley Geoffrey November 5, 2012Likely DNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEighthttps://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/nate_silvers_political_calcula.html Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome Leeanne Griffin November 7, 2012 massliveSolid DNovember 6, 2012 Results 2012 United States presidential election in NevadaNevada Secretary of State http://www.silverstateelection.com/USPresidential/index.shtml 2012-11-10 2012-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20121109224858/http://www.silverstateelection.com/USPresidential/index.shtml deadPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 531,373 52.36% 6 Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 463,567 45.68% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 10,968 1.08% 0 Other/None 5,770 0.57% 0 Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 3,240 0.32% 0Total1,014,918100% By county County Barack ObamaDemocratic Mitt RomneyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Carson City 10,291 44.13% 12,394 53.15% 634 2.72% -2,103 -9.02% 23,319 Churchill 2,961 28.85% 7,061 68.79% 243 2.36% -4,100 -39.94% 10,265 Clark 389,936 56.42% 289,053 41.82% 12,201 1.76% 100,883 14.60% 691,190 Douglas 9,297 35.65% 16,276 62.42% 502 1.93% -6,979 -26.77% 26,075 Elko 3,511 21.96% 12,014 75.15% 461 2.89% -8,503 -53.19% 15,986 Esmeralda 92 21.15% 317 72.87% 26 5.98% -225 -51.72% 435 Eureka 107 13.24% 663 82.05% 38 4.71% -556 -68.81% 808 Humboldt 1,737 30.24% 3,810 66.33% 197 3.43% -2,073 -36.09% 5,744 Lander 534 24.67% 1,580 72.98% 51 2.35% -1,046 -48.31% 2,165 Lincoln 400 18.59% 1,691 78.58% 61 2.83% -1,291 -59.99% 2,152 Lyon 7,380 34.38% 13,520 62.99% 565 2.63% -6,140 -28.61% 21,465 Mineral 863 42.41% 1,080 53.07% 92 4.52% -217 -10.66% 2,035 Nye 6,320 36.07% 10,566 60.30% 636 3.63% -4,246 -24.23% 17,522 Pershing 632 33.55% 1,167 61.94% 85 4.51% -535 -28.39% 1,884 Storey 920 39.76% 1,321 57.09% 73 3.15% -401 -17.33% 2,314 Washoe 95,409 50.79% 88,453 47.09% 3,993 2.12% 6,956 3.70% 187,855 White Pine 983 26.54% 2,601 70.22% 120 3.24% -1,618 -43.68% 3,704Totals531,37352.36%463,56745.68%19,9781.97%67,8066.68%1,014,918 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carson City right 250px Swing by county Legend #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% 250px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #d5f6ff Democratic — +0–2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0–2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5–5% #ff8080 Republican — +5–7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% 250px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Obama won three of four congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts Daily Kos 11 August 2020 District Obama Romney RepresentativeNevada 1 1st 65.64% 32.4%Dina TitusNevada 2 2nd 44.82% 52.88%Mark AmodeiNevada 3 3rd 49.53% 48.73%Joe Heck Nevada 4 4th 54.43% 43.71%Steven Horsford Analysis Nevada has historically been a swing state. It has voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1912, except for 1976 and 2016. From 1992 to 2004, the margin of victory was always under five points. In 2008, however, the state swung over dramatically to support Obama, who carried it by 12.49%. In 2012, Obama held onto Nevada, though by a narrower margin of 6.68%. This was due almost entirely to Obama carrying the state's two largest counties–Clark County, home to Las Vegas and Henderson, and Washoe County, home to Reno. These two counties account for 85% of Nevada's population. Romney dominated the state's rural counties, which have supported Republicans for decades. However, the only large jurisdiction he carried was the independent city of Carson City. As in 2008, Obama owed his victory in part to the state's Hispanic voters breaking heavily for him. According to exit polls, Hispanics made up 19% of the electorate and voted for Obama by almost three-to-one.Nevada Presidential Race CNN http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/state/NV/president#exit-polls See also 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries United States presidential elections in Nevada Nevada Republican Party References 30em External links Official website of Nevada's Secretary of State's office Official website of the Nevada Republican Party CNN entrance polls of caucus attendants The Green Papers: for Nevada The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order Nevada United States president 2012 Category:Nevada caucuses